We Are Looking For Somebody To Score Goals

Written by Dr. Ed Harrison

9:45am Saturday, March 22nd, 2014

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Papiss Cisse has appeared 21 times this season for Newcastle with three goals, and on-loan striker Luuk de Jong so far has six appearances with no goals for the Magpies, so our two strikers today against Crystal Palace have just three goals between them in 27 total appearances.

Papiss Cisse – scoring penalty against Stoke

So that tells us that both strikers are due some goals, and maybe Newcastle can prove today that they can still score goals without Loic Remy or Yohan Cabaye in the side.

Certainly that is what Newcastle manager Alan Pardew is hoping for, as he had this to say in the Chronicle today:

“We are struggling to score goals without Loic Remy, especially since Yohan Cabaye left as well.” “It really is a process where we are looking for somebody to step up and get the goals.”

“There will be no Loic this weekend, so we really need Papiss, Hatem, Luuk and Yoan Gouffran to come up with the goals.” “We are definitely not a one-man team, but he has given us a little bit of a spark.”

“That is what was missing at Fulham, that spark, and we need it to come from other areas.” “We have real flair in the squad. “When we were on the terrific run, some of our flair players were not involved so much, like Sylvain Marveaux and Ben Arfa, but now might be an opportunity for them.”

As we mentioned yesterday Palace have scored only 19 goals in 29 games in the league this season, so it could be that we need only a single goal today to capture all three points, and we couldn’t care how we score, as long as we can get the win today.

It would be good if Luuk or Papiss or Yoan or Hatem or Moussa can score, but we’d take an own goal today to get all three points.

Of course we’d like to see a good performance from the lads, but a win is what we really need this afternoon to ignite the season, and stop it from petering out and becoming meaningless.

I get what your saying, he should as a professional footballer be able to maintain his fitness levels but who at the club is monitoring these players? Who let’s them fcuk off back home on a whim then says they ain’t fit enough? Surely part and parcel of bring a manager is to bring discipline and confidence to someone like benny who has struggled throughout his career?

Average I agree they shouldn’t be allowed to go home when injured, but Benny wasn’t injured and his fitness hasn’t been right all season

Now this can be blamed on Pardew, the coaching staff, the fitness coaches, the dieticians, HBA himself It doesn’t really matter , his days here are numbered and his potential has never been reached, he had a rep as one of the most exciting young players in Europe, now he’s 27 and the speed the game moves these days I bet you could name 10 players off the top of your head that are 20 or under, even more exciting and with bags more potential

The clubs has let HBA down no doubt but no more than HBA has let the club and himself down

Not just when their injured mate its any excuse and there off and allowed to do so! Lost count of the amount of times one of our players aunties cousins dog died and they are so traumatised that they need time off! My opinion of course!

But ultimately what your saying makes sense he certainly hasn’t helped himself but to say get fitter but your only having 15 minutes is a joke, suppose it’s a vicious circle your not playing till your fitter but how to get match fit with no game’s is anyone’s guess coz let’s face it he’s lacking in that department but to expect a wonder goal or assists every match when only getting 15-20 minutes just sums pardew up for me! Clear lack of a way to play and relying on individual pieces of brilliance and if that fails bring on stroller and hoof it!

Average I don’t understand why he hasn’t made a couple of 45 minute cameos for the reserves like most players when trying to get match fit? The whole situation seems to point at the club not being to bothered if he features as they know he’s up for sale in the summer and doubt he has any intention of signing a new contract or wants to be here

This is how we know pardew is useless, when he allows a team like Newcastle United, to operate with no goal threat and this crap has been going on since he took charge of the team. The sooner he gets sacked the better.

Well im gonna start the ball rolling and predict a 3-0 win to the toon, And at last Ldj to break his duck with a brace. Remy is off to arsenal with the sound of things,Sholla put to pasture and Cisse more or less is going to be sold so that leaves us desperate for a Cf…………so I would hope that by Pardew’s admission of the ball is rolling in the transfer department holds some ground

You seem very naive @19 pardew must be very happy with the situation at Newcastle, the way he spins the propaganda at every press conference. He knows exactly who and what is going to be sold make no bones about that.

I wonder how close we were to not getting Remy over the line. If we hadn’t, and seeing as we haven’t scored a solitary premiership goal in his absence, I wonder where we might be? Would relegated be too much of a stretch.

tads – when the land stories first appeared on here a couple of months ago -I think there were two plots mentioned -the land around the Strawberry and the old Magpie club in Pitt Street. The Pitt Street property has been sold to a Manchester outfit who are going to build student accommodation. They have had their planning permission agreed by the council and start building next month.

It doesn’t take much working out to realise Pardew isn’t up to advancing beyond mid table mediocrity and he seems resigned to his limitations as he never offers any other options. Someone’s past is usually a good indication of what their capable of achieving, Moyes and Pulis are of the same mould as pardew.

Jesper Hey mate how ya doing pal. You know what they say…….Ya gotta to keep ya pecker up mate !! Personally I think its the end of the line for Benny at Nufc. If he has lost the trust of his team mates then he is a gonna come the summer

Jimmy we would have been in the bottom three without Remy, we have on the whole a below average squad with a few average in and Remy.we had cabaye now he’s gone, so we’ll struggle to Remy is back in the team.

Mag how much further up the table do you think a different manager would get our current squad Expecially with Remy missing, we’re not the same team without him. We’re above mid table which is good for the players we have. Mash will have to spend to get us higher which we know he doesn’t like doing.

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